And for my attending
Muslim and
Asian students, the class was more productive since
I was able to dedicate more individual time to them.

Most of the Mexican stores in the
Lodi Adult School's neighborhood were closed. That posed
no problem either. Plenty of other stores were open. I'm
not sure how a Mom and Pop grocery makes up one day of
lost receipts but that isn't my concern.

What influence the rallies may have
on
Congress remains to be seen. But if the mainstream
media has its way, the amnesty is a shoo-in.

The coverage is mind-numbingly
unprofessional and
disgraceful. Consider all the stories you have read
about the economic clout of illegal immigrants. But
aren't these the same people who work the low-wage jobs
Americans supposedly won't do? In other words, they
don't have much disposable income and therefore very
little buying power.

And as for the recent headline that
one million "immigrants," as the
media stubbornly insists on calling them,
walked off their jobs, no reporter pointed out that
one million
workers is less than one percent of America's 135
million-person workforce.

The remaining 134 million
workers…the majority of them Americans and legal
immigrants…went about their business normally

What the protesters, exercising a
form of emotional intimidation ("We want
justice!") and financial blackmail, are saying
is: "Give in to our demands or else."

But…or else what?

Are you going to quit your job? Be
my guest. Waiting to take your place are plenty of
unemployed Lodians hoping for an opportunity.

Will you
return to your countries? That doesn't seem very
likely either. So many of demonstrators have made the
point that "there is no future" in their native
land.

A
Norwegian Internet blogger,
Fjordman, noted that during the Cold War, the Soviet
Union
saw how Reagan handled the illegal air traffic
controllers' strike and was impressed. Firing the
federal employees showed strength.

But where is that muscle now? We're cowed by a small
group of illegal aliens. If we can't handle the illegal
alien crisis, how can realistically expect to outwit
resourceful and well-funded radical Islamic forces?